Elizabeth.Honi soit qui mal y pense.

[Anon, c.1620.] Engraving, sheet 100 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"). Trimmed from book page (type verso); top left corner repaired. Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603); reigned 1558-1603. The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth came to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary I. Her long reign, beginning in 1558, saw the secure establishment of the Church of England. It was characterised by relative peace and prosperity, a great increase in foreign trade and exploration, and a flourishing literary culture. Despite receiving many proposals of marriage, Elizabeth remained single and became legendary as the 'virgin queen'.O'D 117(?)
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